Taco Salad

Taco Salad: Considered as one of the best bargains in the cafeteria at a cost of $3.99, Taco Salad has been a favorite choice of BMW co-ops. Contrary to popular believe, there is a wrong way to make a Taco Salad. To help you maximize your Taco Salad experience, here are some recommendations for the assembly:

· Choose a bread bowl that is wider rather than taller. Though they may have the same volume, a wider bowl will allow for better mixing of ingredients and will allow for a better distribution of salsa when it comes time to eat the bread bowl.
· Line the bottom of the bowl with lettuce. Vegetables are healthy and lettuce adds a new dimension to Taco Salad.
· Beef is the meat of choice. A Taco Salad just isn’t a Taco Salad unless the meat you get is beef.
· Ask for rice and/or beans, but do not ask for extra. No matter how hungry you are, nothing good will come from you getting extra fillers. You will only feel sick instead of full, and that will seriously interfere with your job and your digestion system.
· Cheese please! Its cheese, you have to have it. Otherwise you don’t deserve a Taco Salad. If you really like the flavor of cheese when it is mixed with Mexican food, ask for extra cheese.
· You only want a little bit of salsa. Now I know you like salsa. But unless you say you only want a little bit, they will dump entirely too much on and it will ruin the well-blended flavor of a good Taco Salad.
· Top it off with some sour crème. It’s the icing on the cake, the last finishing touch to ordering a Taco Salad. Ask for a dollop and your Taco Salad is 95% finished.
· Mix it up! Perhaps one of the most important steps in making Taco Salad is the mixing process. You want to have a thorough mix of all your ingredients so you get the full flavor in every bite. Make sure that you get the lettuce off of the bottom of the bowl, as it will tend to not mix as easily as the other parts.
· Throw it in the microwave. After mixing your Taco Salad, the food will have cooled down, making it not as delicious. Take it to the microwave section and heat it up for around 45 seconds. This should reheat the food and even melt some of the cheese, leading to bold new flavors.
· Lastly, eat your Taco Salad. Congratulations, you have successfully prepared a delicious Taco Salad! The only rule when it comes to eating the Taco Salad is that you must eat everything on your plate. Leaving behind bits of the bread bowl is simply not allowed. About halfway through your meal, you will start to feel full. This is normal feeling, and it will hit you all at once. They key is pacing yourself and making sure you make one that is not too much for you to eat next time.

Posted courtesy of the BMW MC Co-Op Handbook. Do not use without permission.